X-ray emission spectroscopy evidences a central carbon in the nitrogenase iron-molybdenum cofactor

Nitrogenase is a complex enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia. Despite insight from structural and biochemical studies, its structure and mechanism await full characterization. An iron-molybdenum cofactor (FeMoco) is thought to be the site of dinitrogen reduction, but the ide...

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Published in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 334; no. 6058; p. 974
Main Authors:	Lancaster, Kyle M, Roemelt, Michael, Ettenhuber, Patrick, Hu, Yilin, Ribbe, Markus W, Neese, Frank, Bergmann, Uwe, DeBeer, Serena
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 18.11.2011
Subjects:	Azotobacter vinelandii - chemistry Biocatalysis Carbon - chemistry Ligands Models, Molecular Molecular Structure Molybdoferredoxin - chemistry Molybdoferredoxin - metabolism Nitrogen - chemistry Oxidation-Reduction Oxygen - chemistry Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission
ISSN:	1095-9203, 1095-9203
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